Reginald, by Saki
Reginald, by Saki
Richard Crowest
‘Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum.’ A series of professionally produced readings of the Reginald stories by Saki (H H Munro). View the world of Edwardian society through the sartorially adapted eye of Saki's solipsistic anti-hero.
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Jun 30, 2014
24 sec
The Mouse
‘… he proceeded with violent haste to extricate himself partially and the mouse entirely from the surrounding casings of tweed and half-wool.’
May 31, 2014
10 min
The Baker’s Dozen
‘“We can’t wait indefinitely for one of the children to take after a doubtfully depraved great aunt.”’
May 24, 2014
10 min
Cross Currents
‘To be beyond reproach was one thing, but it would have been nicer to have been nearer to the Park.’
May 2, 2014
15 min
The Strategist
‘Rollo faced the company with a smile that he imagined the better sort of aristocrat would have worn when mounting to the guillotine.’
Apr 22, 2014
10 min
The Bag
‘Major Pallaby was a victim of circumstances, over which he had no control, and of his temper, over which he had very little.’
Mar 31, 2014
11 min
The Soul of Laploshka
‘Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining.’
Mar 17, 2014
11 min
The Saint and the Goblin
‘The goblin was too well bred to wink; besides, being a stone goblin, it was out of the question.’
Feb 28, 2014
7 min
Gabriel-Ernest
‘“Flesh,” said the boy, and he pronounced the word with slow relish…’
Jan 31, 2014
16 min
Judkin of the Parcels
“And Judkin was even as these others; the wine had been suddenly spilt from his cup of life...”
Jan 18, 2014
6 min
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